‘Tis the season for … a Big West Conference game in early December?!? That oddity is reality this year, as the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team opens league play Saturday at Long Beach State. Tipoff is set for 11 a.m. Hawai’i time and the game will be televised live […]
Grand Canyon survives Warriors’ rally, 78-72
Wreaking havoc on Grand Canyon with torrid second-half shooting, Hawai’i rallied hard but fell short against the host Lopes, 78-72, in entertaining nonconference men’s basketball action Tuesday night. A typically energetic crowd of 7,004 in Global Credit Union Arena in Phoenix watched Gytis Nemeiksa score a game-high 24 points off […]
Warriors enter Grand Canyon’s hostile den
No need for the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team to visit the actual Grand Canyon on its first Mainland road trip of the season. A visit to Grand Canyon University’s Global Credit Union Arena in Phoenix for Tuesday’s nonconference game promises to be more than enough adventure for the […]
Hot-shooting Warriors hold off HPU, 67-63
Winning the unofficial “Men’s College Basketball State Tournament” proved to be a big challenge this season, but the University of Hawai’i completed the harder-than-expected sweep Tuesday night by shooting past Hawai’i Pacific, 67-63. A small and bewildered crowd of 1,816 in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched Kody […]
Warriors play host to local rival HPU Tuesday
After playing host to North Carolina — a school located some 4,759 miles away — last Friday, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team will do the same to another college whose home gym is located just a stone’s throw from UH’s upper campus. Hawai’i Pacific, whose “Shark Tank” gym […]
No. 10 Tar Heels pull away from UH, 87-69
Hawai’i hung tough against visiting No. 10-ranked North Carolina on national TV Friday night before falling, 87-69, on a big-time men’s college basketball stage. A near-capacity “White-Out” crowd of 8,648 in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched the Warriors stay close with the Tar Heels for the first […]
Warriors play host to No. 10 North Carolina
No. 10-ranked North Carolina will bring its tremendous college basketball “blue blood” reputation and tradition into SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center on Friday, when the Tar Heels take on Hawai’i (4-0) in a game that will be televised nationally on ESPN2. But the Warriors have 105 years of […]
Warriors rally past Weber State in OT, 73-68
When the test got tougher Sunday evening, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team got scrappier as the Warriors rallied past visiting Weber State in overtime, 73-68. An announced crowd of 4,433 (tickets issued) in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center watched center Tanner Christensen score a team-high 25 […]
Warriors play host to Weber State Sunday
Trying hard not to have Carolina on its mind, the University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team is focused on hosting Weber State in nonconference action at 5 p.m. Sunday in SimpliFi Arena at the Stan Sheriff Center. The Warriors are 3-0 fresh off winning the OUTRIGGER Rainbow Classic championship Monday […]
Christensen named MOP of Rainbow Classic
It is hard to imagine a better start to the regular season than what graduate transfer Tanner Christensen experienced last weekend: FRIDAY: Nine points, seven rebounds, three assists and three blocks in a 96-61 victory over Life Pacific SUNDAY: 20 points, eight rebounds, one block and one assist in an […]